Men's Soccer Weekly Release - Week 8

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Cornell and Brown both
picked up Ivy League wins over the weekend to continue their
collision course towards this weekend’s key match-up of
nationally-ranked teams in the race towards the Ancient Eight
men’s soccer title.

No. 10-ranked Cornell turned away a stubborn Yale squad to pull
away late, 3-0, on Saturday afternoon, while Brown, No. 18 in this
week's NSCAA poll, needed overtime to get past Harvard, 2-1.
Princeton remained unbeaten in League play, but slipped in the
standings with a scoreless tie against Columbia, while
Dartmouth’s 3-1 win over Penn kept the Big Green in striking
distance of the top.

Cornell’s win over Yale, which came in front of a
school-record crowd of 1,121, was the 12th in a row for the Big Red
to set a new school mark. Cornell (12-0-0, 3-0-0) had won 11
straight in 1995. The 12 wins this season by Cornell are the most
for the program since 1996. With Marquette’s loss at
Georgetown over the weekend, Cornell is the last remaining unbeaten
/ untied team in Division I. Maryland (11-0-1), Xavier (9-0-3) and
Niagara (8-0-4) are the other three Division I teams yet to lose
this season.

Leading 1-0 with just 15 minutes to play, Cornell got a goal and
an assist from Daniel Haber to put the game out of
reach. Haber is second in the nation in goals this season, now with
16.

Brown (9-1-2, 2-0-1) got some late heroics of its own in the
form of Dylan Remick’s goal six minutes into
extra time to defeat Harvard on Saturday night. Remick’s
tally, off a feed from Tim Whalen, helped the
Bears avoid a third-consecutive draw and extend their unbeaten
streak to eight. It was Brown’s fifth overtime match in the
unbeaten string.

Brown, which steps out of League play to face Boston College
prior to Saturday’s showdown with Cornell, is one of nine
teams in Division I with just one loss this season through
Sunday’s action.

Princeton worked extra time twice last week, falling to No. 24
Creighton, 3-2, and playing Columbia to a scoreless tie.
Columbia’s Kyle Jackson recorded seven saves
in the draw.

Meanwhile, Dartmouth kept pace with the lead pack by beating
Penn at home, 3-1, on Saturday. The Big Green bounced back from a
1-0 overtime setback at Boston College earlier in the week.
Travis Cantrell scored Penn’s lone goal in
the loss to Dartmouth, his sixth this season. The six goals matches
his career total from his three previous seasons.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cornell’s Daniel Haber earned his fourth Ivy
League Player of the Week honor after keeping the Big Red unbeaten
with a pair of wins last week. He is the first player in Ancient
Eight history to win the weekly honor four times in a season. (The
weekly award began with the 1979 season.)

Haber (Toronto) had a goal and an assist in each of
Cornell’s two wins last week – at Colgate and back home
in Ivy League action against Yale. His six-point week helped
Cornell runs its current winning streak to 12-straight matches, a
new school record. The current winning streak surpasses
Cornell’s 11 straight wins in 1995.

Haber now has 16 goals on the season, second best in the nation.
It is the sixth time he has won or shared the honor in his
career.

Haber’s Weekly
Stats
2 GP, 2G, 2A, 6 Pts., 15 Shots, 5 SOG, 1 GWG

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Brown’s Tim Whalen and Columbia’s
Kyle Jackson share the Ivy League Rookie of the
Week honor after both worked overtime for their respective teams
this week.

Whalen (Amston, Conn.) helped Brown stay unbeaten when his cross
found Dylan Remick for the golden goal six minutes into overtime to
turn back visiting Harvard on Saturday night. The No. 18-ranked
Bears moved to 9-1-2 overall on the year and 2-0-1 in Ivy League
play with the win. It is Whalen’s second rookie honor
this season.

Whalen’s Weekly
Stats
1 GP, 1A, 1 Pt., 0 Shots

Jackson (Paradise Valley, Ariz.) recorded seven saves in 110
minutes of action as the Lions played Princeton to a scoreless tie
on Saturday. He has not allowed a goal in his last 214 minutes of
work, having shutout Penn the previous week. It is the third
rookie honor for Jackson this season.